Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-24
NEARLY FIFTY MILLION BIBLES

Printed in 1875 Languages and
Distributed Broadcast Over the
+ World.
The American Bible society has Just
compiled the results Of its work for the
past year. 1t has issued 977, COS vol
umes, besides 500. 600 in foreign lands.
This makes the total number of Bibles
issued by the society since its organ;za-
ton in 1916 As, $50. 25l. The corrected
proof OF the last pages of the New Testa-
ment in Ponape have been returned
from Micronesia. and the last pages of
the Muskokee Testament from Okmul-
gee. The Dakotans want new edition
in their language.
The American Bible society has pub
lished the Bible in all the languages of
Europe, and in Reval-Estonian, Irish.
Finnish, four dialects OF Africa, Gsebo-
Mpongwe, Benga Dikele, Zulu; in the
languages of the Sandwich Islands and
Micronesia; in the Slavic. Bulgarian,
Chinese and Japanese, and in ten
North American Indian dialects, max
ing forty-eight in all. Those issued by
the British and Foreign Bible society
makes the total number OF languages
and dialects In which the Bible is print
ed to-day by these societies 1866 OF
these the oldest looking are the Irish,
Slavonic, Turkish, and Azerbiian or
| Tartar-Turksh, Georgian, Syriac, Arab
ic. Ethiopie, Tigre (Which has colon
after every word, Amharic, Persian,
Pail, Pari- Guierati. Sindhi, Cararese,
Malaylam, Undu. Orissa. Siamese. Bur
man. Iibctah. Karen. Javanese, Coptic.
Cree, Time and Cherokee.
How many translators do Won en-
ploy ?' was ask of the Rev. DR.. Alex.
Mclean, one of the secretaries.
I'VE have no translator The work
is done by the missionaries, who have
to study the language of the coun-
try in which they labor. The Bible
society pays their expenses while they
are translating for u.s."
''How many Bibles have been printed
| for the blindP"
There were issued last year 207; the
entire number in forty years is IA, 1874.
| These are in the raised letter form.''
what are the new Bibles for the
blind?"
1--WE printed twelve years ago a
Bible in the New York point print, and
have printed the Psalms in the same,
and have now completed the Gospel
according to st. john"
What is the point printe''
1T is system of points that repre-.
sent either separately or by combna.
ton the letters of the alphabet. The
old raised letters could not be readily
detected b. fingers that had become
calloused by basket making. at which
many blind people work. The points
can be felt by the dullest finger" ~
The cost of supplying the Bible in
foreign lands is 800 692. "a more than
is received from them. One-ninth Of
all the families visited by the agent.
are destitute of the Bible.
1t took DR.. Eli Smith and Dr. Var
Dyck sixteen years to translate tn.
Bible into Arabic. DIR. Schanffier spen
fourteen years on the Osmanlee version
DR.. Schereschewsky fifteen years t.
render the Old Testament into tn,
Mandarin Colloquial. Dr. Williamson
and Riggs spent forty years on the Da
kotan version. One of them estimates
that he spent on an average thirt,
minutes on every verse he translated
Since Bible societies were organized
$50 versions have been produced il
about 200 languages and dialects
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